Machine for filling and capping vessels with fluid under pressure.



PATENTED DEC. 31, 1907. J. M.- HICKS.

MACHINE FOR FILLING AND GAPPING VESSBLS'WITH FLUID UNDER 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PRESSURE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 12. 1906.

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NO. 875,678. MACHINE FOR FILLING AND GAPPING VESSELS WITH FL UID UNDER 3 SEEETSSHEET 2.

. PRESSURE. APPLICATION FILED JULY12.1906.

L uhl WITNESSES No. 875,678. PATENTED DEG.31, 1907. J. M. HIGKS.

MACHINE FOR FILLING AND GAP PING VESSBLS WITH FLUID UNDER PRESSURE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12. 1906.

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W/TNESSES w/A/yaw Fig. 3. 85

UNITED STATES PATENT oFF on.

.mms manor. HICKS, or sumrrhivnw JERSEY, assrevoa TO AUTO s'rovr'ria COMPANY,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IVIACI IIN'E FOR FILLING AND bAPPING'YESSELS WITH FLUID UNDER PRESSURE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES Mrmvon HICKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Summit, county of Union, State of New Jersey, have invented certain newand useful' Improveuients in Machines for Filling and Cap ing Vessels'with Fluid under Pressure, of w iich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for filling vessels with fluids under pressure and to sealing them whileunder pressure with sealing caps and to this'end it consists in certain elements and combination of elements fully specified and claimed hereinafter.

' 'In order that those skilled in theart to which my invention appertaius may understand,-eonstruet and use my'invent-iomI will proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawin s forming part of this speciication, in whici Figure 1 is a front elevation of my filling and capping machine the upper part only beingshown, the foot lever mechanism for operating the reciprocating table which holds the vessel tobe filled and capped, being the same as shown in the application of John A. Hicks, filed March 31st,.1905, forv machine for capping vessels, Serial Number 253,155. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same looking from the right side of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation of Fig. 2 as to its top portion. Fig.f4 is-a longitudinal central section of the filling and capping mechanism as in Fig. 5 is an enlarged central longitudinal front section of the lower. .portion of the filling and capping'mechanism, showing a bottle in position against a packing washer, ready to be filled with fluid under'pressure, the-valve-being shown open, and a sealing cap held above the top of the bottle in spring grasping jaws... Fig. 6 shows the same. in part central section in front v1ew,-showm the bottle after it has been capped and fille Fig. 7'is ai'ull cross section on lines X X of Fig. 5 of the mechanism shown in Fig. 5 in art section showing the sealing ca gri ping swsin multiple parts held toget er y an mclosing ring, also the valve m its open osition de ivering fluid to thefilling cham-' er. Fig. 8 is a partial front elevation, showing in dotted and full lines the stop mechanism. Fig. 9 is a cross section of Fig. 3,0nlineYYbutin front and to view.

Av is the lower section,of the me which Patented Dec. 31, 1907.

' supports the operating mechanism and A" is the upper section bolted to A at A.

A 18 a bracket supported on the top of. A at A. A has a head A overhanging the front of the frame A, A. On A. at its front is a table holding and guiding late B. A bottle holding table 0 iscarrie on guiding plate B. A lever Dis pivoted to vibrate in rarne A on ivot 'A, this lever passes through the b0 y of A in a slot therefor. On the rear end of lever D arod D takes; its lower end being in connection with the foot lever power below, (not shown). "On' the front end of D a pitman D takes and D takes onto table C, so that the tableGis moved up and down toward and from "the machine by the foot lever mechanism below. not shown. The pitman D s n two-parts.

and within the inclosure, between the bottom of the hollowoi D and tho lower and of'l) it away from each other.

through D" intofD and defines t 1e extreme length of D, but D may be shortened by the compression of the spring inclosed in D when neededin 'operationwith'varying lengths of bottles;

lowest position G rests on Gbut sleeve '19" the lower part D int-loses the upper part 1)" 'spring is operative to force the twd'parts- D is a slot in D and D is a win passing E is a vertical p'ost held securelv in head" i3 is asleeve bored out to fit the post El sleeve E so that when the s eeve E. is in its filling and capping head at thetop fthe the top 'of E. A spring'G "bears upon a G is bored out to .fit the sleeve E on its earis free to move upwardthe necessary dis tance shown at Fig. 8. A spline or k'e (not shown) is fixed on sleeve .E and G is a otted for the spline to slide in, this spline prevents the sleeve.,E from circularmovement on post E. At the .lower end of'p'ost E an equalizing plate H is secured. by'screw H the lower end of post E being cupped out'and the top of the equalizing plate H being curved to move freely therein, and takoan' angle required. The lower end of sleeve El the opening in nut F by a follower F pressed its lower'end and screws onto the bottom of G being .and the'to is enlarged and chambered out to receive clamping jaws H, made circular to fit the post E and divided into multiple parts, (usually three) and held to ether by circumferential sprin H (usua ly of ru her). Jaws H are fiexib v held within the bore of sleeve E by a wire H which rests in a groove partly in sleeve E and part] i in the surface of jaws H at their tops; I oles H are made nijaws H to convey iluids from the supply ipe E to the bottle to be filled whose mouiili is within the jaws H, shown at Fig. 5 and to permit the air snifted from the bottle to pass out through pipe E when dwired. A

E is a valve surrounding the lower end of E which it fits on a taper, downward.

Ports E and E are made in thelower end of sleeve E to receive fluid and to discharge air respectively,'governed bythe operation of the valve E.

E is a screw nut on a thread on the sleeve E above the valve E.

E is a washer between the screw nut E of valve E. E is a washer between the ottom of valve E and a shoulder on the bottom of sleeve E. These washers serve to pack the valve 'oints.

H is a sealing cap he] in jaws H against the elgualizing plate H at the bottom of 0st p F is a nut which is screwed on the bottom of sleeve E.

F is a washer to ack the joint between nut F, and sleeve The nut F has an opening in its center of proper diameter to receive and ass small enoug to prevent a bead below the bottle nose from passing. 1

- F is a washer held beneath the edges of upward againstit by a nut F which engages nut F. The front side of bracket- A is grooved out vertically and a rod G is placed in it having arm G at its base and arm G at its top.

G is sup orted in position by plates G" screwe to in front 0 it.

G and G" constitute an elbow joint stop, G bein pivoted to sto G on sleeve E at G and being pivote, to the underside of bracket A at G near the head A. G and j ointed together at their middle portion G G is a weight on the lower end of G. These several members when in position as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 act as a stop or resistance to the u ward thrust of the bottle shown in Fig. 5 w 'le the bottle is being filled, and snifted of air, by the operation of the'valve E.

Fig. 8 shows the stop mechanism just described thrown out of action as a stop, and in the position it is when the sleeve E is pressed upward to permit a sealing cap to be a bottle nose through it and forced over the bottle mouth of a bottle rest ing on table C, by means of the upwrml thrust of the table C and bottle bead prvmung against washer F in nut l" after the l)()illl has been filled and as shown at Fig. 6. The pipe E which su plies fluid to the chamber inside of sleeve E, through valve E has n trip attachment I, secured to it, which attachment strikes the arm Gr Fig. 3, when the valve E is turned after filling the bottle. and turns the rod G so that the arm (5' strikes the stop arms G and G and throws them from their normal position as shown in Figs. 3, 9 and 2 to the osition shown in Fig. 8, which permits the s eeve E to rise and compress spring G. When valve E is moved back to its normal closed position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the trip I is out of engagement with the arm G, and the foot being removed from the foot lever which artuates the table C, the spring G forces the sleeve E downward into its normal osition ready for another operation, and tie stop mechanism is thrown into its normal position to act as a stop to the upward throw of the sleeve E and to remain so until another bottle is filled, and valve E is moved far enough-to throw the stop mechanic". 05' its center, and permit the. sleeve E to be raised.

The 0 eration of my invention is as follows he position oi the several parts of my apparatus being normally as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the operator places a bottle to be filled and cap ed on table C, with the center of the bott e in line with the openin in the center of nut F shown in Figs. 4, 5 an 6 and laces his foot upon the foot treadle beneatii -(not shown) and thus through the lever mechanism described raises the table C with its bottle until the large bead on the bottle neck presses against the packing washer F shown in Fig. 5. The valve E is then turned by means of the pipe E as a handle until the valve sup ly port coincides with the port E' in the s eeve E, and the snifting port in E is closed as shown at Fig. 7, the bottle will then fill to near its tup, the valve E is then. returned to its original normal position and snifting port E coincides with the pipe openin E when the air in the bottle will be orce out. The valve E is then movedto its open fillin position as in Fig. 7 and the bottle is fille to the desired point, The valve E is thrown the. still further until trip I throws the stop mechanism out of line, so that the-pressure of the foot on the treadle throws the sleeve E upward until the bottle nose enters the cap held in awe H shown in Fig. 6 and completes the lling andcapping operation, the valve E is thenreturned to its normal position, and the port E. opened to the air. This being done we bottle is removed from table 0 and the foot removed fromthe.

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y Lett hine for filling vessels and sealing them with sealin caps while under full pressure, consisting o a supporting frame; a vessel support, guided, and vertically ciprocative on said fra within the t; a resistance post i base of said sleeve secured onthe said rame directly over and washer on its under s1de against w above said vessel support; means at the! bead upon the p a sealing cap and said chamber leeve surrounding said 0st consleeve, a valve mechanis be reciprocated vertica ly thereexterior of said chamber, on, and in close contact therewith; a champly of liquid under pressure to the'interior of her in the base of said sleeve and beneath said chamber and fill the vessel; means Witht having a su in'said chamber around the base of said posti to hold a sealing cap against the base of said 75 post; means for reciprocating said table and vessel upward against the said flange and its packing at the vessel, and to 'cally on y a vessel located on said table gainst the lower end of said base of said sleeve to the nose of the vessel at the acking hich a 0 close and to raise said m located on the to control the supdst b e'aring a means. in the passage of a seal' A gripping device at the base of to admit th against said post in the act of sealing, a 1 arranged to operate to first fill a vessehwith nder pressure, and then apply a sealing cap thereto while the nose of the vessel is within the closed filling chamber, substantially as specified.

" n testimony whereof, name to this specification wo subscribing witnesses, of July 1906.

a vessel neck I ugh it and to cause a second board on the vessel neck below the upper bead to i engage with the bottom ofsaid sleeve; p and secured below the sald sleeve topack the joints between the said lower bead and the bottom of said sleeve and seal the said chamber from below, all constructed, arranged and combined to 0 rate to close the filling chamber and raise til said sliding sleeve by means of the vessel resting on said vessel support While raising I have signed my in the presence of this eleventh day JAMES MILNOR HICKS.

the said vessel support; to fill the ves el by lfVitnessesc the o eration of the valve mechanism,*an,d to LINCOLN A. STUART, seal t e vessel within the filling'chamber by JOHN A. HIoKs.

base of said sleeve," to fill the 

